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男孩;男童
A boy is a child who will grow up to be a man.
例句
I knew him when he was a little boy...
他還是個小男孩的時候我就認識他了。
He was still just a boy.
他還只是個孩子。
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男青年,小伙子(尤用于指青年男女戀愛關系時)
You can refer to a young man as a boy, especially when talking about relationships between boys and girls.
例句
...the age when girls get interested in boys.
姑娘開始對小伙子感興趣的年齡
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兒子
Someone's boy is their son.
例句
Eric was my cousin Edward's boy...
埃里克是我表兄愛德華的兒子。
I have two boys.
我有兩個兒子。
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家伙,伙計(尤用于親切談論某人時)
You can refer to a man as a boy, especially when you are talking about him in an affectionate way.
例句
...the local boy who made President...
當上總統的本地小伙子
'Come on boys', he shouted to the sailors.
“加把勁兒,伙計們”,他向船員們喊道。
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家伙,伙計(用于吆喝馬或狗時)
You can use boy when giving instructions to a horse or dog.
例句
Down, boy, down!
趴下,小家伙,趴下!
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警察
The police are sometimes referred to as the boys in blue .
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好家伙(表示激動、羨慕等情感)
Some people say 'boy' or 'oh boy' in order to express feelings of excitement or admiration.
例句
Oh Boy! Just think what I could tell him.
哇,好家伙!想想看我會告訴他什么。
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男人總歸是男人(用以表示男人的典型行為不會改變)
If you say boys will be boys, for example when a group of men are behaving noisily or aggressively, you are suggesting in a light-hearted way that this is typical male behaviour and will never change.
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男子漢中的一員
If a man is described as one of the boys, he is accepted by a group of male friends who do things that are thought of as typically masculine.
例句
He wants to be accepted as one of the boys.
他想被人看作一個男子漢。